Doll-model



M. WHITE.

DOLL MODEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1919.

Patented June 14, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAYME WHITE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DOLL-MODEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 14, 1921,

Application filed July 8, 1919. Serial No. 309,372.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MAYME WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doll-Models, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention has relation to toys, and has for an object to providea 'toyin the nature of a folder of paper or other sultable material, having printed thereon a human figure with the intermediate part cut away so that varicolored pieces of cloth may be inserted into the folder and exposed through the cut away portion, thereby presenting the appearance of articles of clothing which appearance may be varied by rearranging the pieces and substituting others therefor.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of the correlated parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same character of reference throughout the several views of the draw- I igure l is a view in perspective of a toy constructed in accordance with my inventlon, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the folder in an open position.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates a folder which may comprise a sheet ofpaper or other suitable material bent or folded upon itself to form a pair of leaves 11 and 12, constituting the front and rear covers respectively. Printed upon the front face of the front leaf or cover is the delineation of a neck, head, arms above the elbows, and the legs below the knees, of a young child to insure interest to the juvenile mind. An unobstructed opening is formed in the front cover or leaf in contour corresponding to the body of the child and representing the contour of the frock or'dress of the figure. In the example illustrated in the drawings the edges of the opening extends from the neck indicated at 13 to the elbows terminating at 14 and following the contour of the arms. The remainder of the arms are printed on the leaf as indicated. The opening is then constricted at the waist and its edges again diverge toward the bottom of the skirt as at 15, the opening terminating at 16 at the bottom of the skirt or adjacent the knees.

In use, the folder is opened and different pieces of cloth or paper are laid in between the folder so as to expose the same through the opening in the front leaf. In the exampleillustrated a piece of dark colored cloth 17-is placed near the bottom of the folder, and a second piece of material lighter in color overlapped u on the first piece. A bow 18 may then be p aced upon the last piece near the to and finally a piece of material 19 provide with a fanciful edge may be laid upon the intermediate piece partly exposing the bow. With this arrangement, it will be seen that when the folder is again folded, the pieces of material will be viewed through the opening in such a manner that they will define the various portions of the clothing of the figure. For instance, the piece 19 will form the oke with the bow exposed therebeneath, t e intermediate piece will form the frock or apron and the piece 17 will form the dress or underskirt. It will be obvious however, that the effect may be varied widely by rearranging these pieces or by using others, and the toy will thus form a limitless source of amusement to the child. The device or idea can moreover be utilized commercially by those whose duty it is to design clothing, inasmuch as ideas may be gained by manipulating the device in the manner above stated.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made and I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim:

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As a new article of manufacture a toy comprising a card folded transversely along its center to provide a front member and a solid back member, said front member having an upper opening including curved side walls defining the outer edges of sleeves and connecting at their upper ends with an arouate upper wall defining the neck of a dress, the lower short walls of said opening being directed toward one another to define the lower edges of the sleeves, said front member having a lower opening including converging upwardly directed side walls connecting with the inner ends of the short lower walls of the upper opening and defining the side edges of a skirt, said lower opening including a curved lower wall connecting the lower ends of the side walls of said lower opening and defining the lower edge of a skirt, said front member having outlined on its outer face the head and neck of a child above the upper arcuate wall of the upper opening, said front member having outlined on its outer face and extended downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions from the short lower walls of the upper opening the lower portions of the arms and the hands of a child, said front member having outlined on its outer face and extended downwardly from the lower curved wall of the lower opening the lower portions of the legs and the clothed feet of the child, whereby the figure of the child will appear to be fully MAYME WHITE.

Witnesses Mrs. C. G. MOCAIN, MARY A. BURTON. 

